[ad_1] World November 28, 2020 01:254 minutes to read The US Department of Justice restarted federal executions this year. Photo / AP The US Department of Justice is quietly modifying its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way …
Read More »Erebus accident: a minute of silence is observed to remember the 257 victims on the 41st anniversary
[ad_1] A minute of silence and a memorial service were held on Saturday afternoon to remember the 257 people who died in the Mt Erebus plane crash. The November 28, 1979 accident occurred when Air New Zealand Flight 901 flew to Mount Erebus on Ross Island in Antarctica. It killed …
Read More »US Elections: Republican Justices Deny Pennsylvania Appeal, Trump Will Judge Supreme Court
[ad_1] A judge appointed by Donald Trump joined two other Conservatives in slapping the president’s appeal on his most important lawsuit. Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the US election result has suffered another monumental setback after a panel of Republican-appointed conservative judges denied his campaign’s latest appeal in Pennsylvania. The …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: China’s new claim on the origin of the virus – India
[ad_1] World November 27, 2020 10:08 PM3 minutes to read The Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market has largely been accepted as the zero point of the Covid 19 pandemic. Photo / AP A team of Chinese scientists claim to have proof that the Covid-19 pandemic did not originate in China; …
Read More »New rule could allow gas firing squads for executions in the US.
[ad_1] Michael Conroy / AP The Justice Department is quietly modifying its execution protocols, as it no longer requires federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clears the way for other methods like firing squads and poison gas. (File photo.) The US Department of Justice is …
Read More »New Zealand once led the world in social housing, should do it again | Bryce Edwards | World News
[ad_1] secondToday, millions of dollars are being transferred to wealthy New Zealanders in the government’s attempts to stimulate the economy. The Reserve Bank has essentially committed to printing up to $ 128 billion (US $ 90 billion) of new money, lending much of it as cheap credit to banks, which …
Read More »‘I don’t want to move’: 80-year-old refuses to vacate land despite court order
[ad_1] An 80-year-old man who received his marching orders from the place he called home for 20 years is vowing to stay, against the owner’s will. Fred Carroll has lived on a block of land in Waimārama, Hawke’s Bay, since 2000. He claims that a woman who cared for the …
Read More »Person trapped in a car under live power lines for an hour
[ad_1] Things Waikato police were at the scene of a car accident near Morrinsville on Saturday morning. One person was trapped in a car for nearly an hour after it crashed into a power pole in rural Waikato, causing live power lines to drop overhead Saturday morning. Fire and Emergency …
Read More »User Covid Tracer App Shutdown After Overheating Error Message
[ad_1] Gill Bonnett / RNZ The Covid Tracer app on the phone was closed because it was causing the phone to overheat. This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. The Health Ministry says it has received no complaints from users of the NZ Covid Tracer app …
Read More »Coronavirus Covid-19: Four new cases today, including another Pakistani cricketer
[ad_1] The Pakistan cricket team has stayed at the Chateau on the Park hotel in Christchurch. Photo / RNZ There are four new cases of Covid-19 today, including another Pakistani cricketer. Today’s update reveals a seventh case among the national cricket team on tour. “An additional member of the Pakistan …
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